Decorate Your Own Easter Cookies
Decorate your own Easter cookies with kids, friends, and family! This Easter cookie board is filled with easy cake mix cookies and the best Easter candy toppings (shredded coconut flakes, Cadbury eggs, etc.). Serve your decorated Easter cookies on your Easter dessert table or share them with neighbors, friends, and family
Equipment
- Large serving board
- Small sauce dishes
- Mini white ramekins
- Serving tongs
Ingredients
Cookies
- Sugar cookies OR
- Cake mix cookies OR
- Ready-to-bake sugar cookies
Frosting
- Cream cheese frosting
- Chocolate frosting
- Vanilla frosting
Easter Candy
- Shredded coconut
- Easter M&Ms
- Mini Cadbury eggs
- White chocolate chips
- Sprinkles
Snacks
- Peeps
- White chocolate covered pretzels
- Animal crackers (frosted & regular)
Other
- Purple food coloring gel
- Pink food coloring gel
- Edible Easter grass
Instructions
Bake The Cookies
- Decide if you are making homemade sugar cookies, cake mix cookies, or ready to bake cookies.
- Bake cookies accordingly:---Sugar cookies: make your favorite recipe (see notes for my favorite).---Cake mix cookies: see notes for link to instructions.---Ready-to-bake sugar cookies: follow instructions on the package.
Color The Coconut
- Place 1 cup of shredded coconut in a large bag (see notes).
- Next, add a few drops of pink food coloring gel.
- Then, shake the bag well until you achieved the desired color coconut.
- Transfer the coconut to a small sauce bowl.
- Repeat these steps with another cup of coconut but swap pink food coloring for green food coloring.
Color The Frosting
- Transfer the chocolate and cream cheese frosting to separate small sauce bowls.
- Add a few drops of purple food coloring gel to the vanilla frosting and mix well.
- Transfer the frosting to a small sauce bowl.
Fill Small Bowls With Easter Toppings
- Transfer small toppings such as rainbow sprinkles from its package to small sauce bowls.
Arrange The Cookie Board
- Place the small bowls with coconut, frosting, and toppings across your board.
- Next, place handfuls of different types of cookies across your board.
- Lastly, fill empty spaces with Easter cookie toppings and snacks.
Notes
My favorite homemade sugar cookie recipe: https://handletheheat.com/easy-cut-out-sugar-cookies-with-icing/
Funfetti cake mix cookie recipe: https://lifestyledbysam.com/funfetti-cake-mix-cookies/
I recommend letting the coconut sit in a bowl over night before coloring it. This will dry the coconut flakes out slightly and make it a lot easier to color.